In the first half of the year, midwestern states in general weren’t able to legalize sports betting, but some began to lay the groundwork for passable legislation to be crafted. For Illinois, Michigan and Ohio lawmakers, the summer months were all about learning, negotiating and educating with the goal of finding common ground.
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A convicted online bookie in West Texas must serve three years in federal prison and pay $7 million in what prosecutors call an illegal sports gambling and tax scam.
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On Thursday, the AGA released a letter sent to Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer (New York), in response to Schumer’s call for a federal framework that would, among other things, require sportsbooks to use “official” league data and would allow the professional sports leagues a voice in determining what kinds of bets could be placed
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The return of John Kyl to the U.S Senate has gamblers and operators worried about the recent changes in America's online gambling laws.
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Kyl thought internet gambling “would be a very difficult kind of activity to regulate because we don’t have jurisdiction over the people abroad who are doing it.” His remedy was “to simply pull the plug at the point of entry into the United States.”
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3 A proposed constitutional amendment that would authorize four casinos in Arkansas will be on the Nov. 6 general election ballot, the secretary of state's office determined Wednesday. Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he opposes the proposed amendment.
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There have been many twists and turns since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in the recent case of NCAA v Murphy. Some were new twists and turns, some were not, but together they make a very interesting picture.
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The NFL is to break a longstanding ban on gambling marketing within the sport after revealing that it would permit casinos to advertise during matches throughout the 2018/19 season.
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Sports betting came to West Virginia on Thursday, officially making the state the fifth to launch legal wagering and the fourth since the US Supreme Court struck down the federal prohibition in May.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) became the latest member of Congress to put forth specific suggestions for a federal framework for sports betting Wednesday in a memo first provided to ESPN.
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Arizona leaders have to consider a potential “poison pill” in their gaming compacts with Indian tribes when weighing the legalization of sports betting, according to a Phoenix-based attorney.
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The pair used an official Friday press release to publicize the five-year arrangement while detailing that they now plan to begin offering sportsbetting at the small eastern state’s Twin River Casino and soon-to-open Tiverton Casino Hotel by the middle of November.
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